Invest in garden art

The right kind of art in the right place can enhance your garden.

NOVEMBER days may be short, but any low sunlight that arrives concentrates the mind on shape and form. Gardens look larger, every line and contour stands proud and a gaze can now stretch to distant boundaries unhindered by the soft gauze of summer. I can see all of the garden now — and more besides.

My neighbour’s in the middle distance is also visible, and once more his plantings, layout, and style reappear, having been hidden since early spring. So now I think is the ideal time to invest in a (little) piece of garden art, although in any kind of garden it can sometimes be controversial.